Category: Uncomfortable Realities

A Conversation Between Two Inspiring People: James Baldwin & Audre Lorde

Inspiring Person: Liz Kleinrock, Teaching Tolerance Award Winner
About Jim Crow from NYHS
Marabou really likes and appreciates the honest language New York Historical Society uses in this post about the origins of the name Jim Crow. No sugarcoating, just telling it like it is.

From the J26 Town Hall Assembly re: The Whitney Museum

The Sackler Family: Big Museum Donors, Big Pharma, and OxyContin
“Art of Native America: The Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker” at The Met

… “Art of Native America: The Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker” at The Met
An “Uncomfortable Art Tour” at Tate Britain with Alice Procter

… An “Uncomfortable Art Tour” at Tate Britain with Alice Procter
The Whitney Has Not Responded to Organized Action Demanding Removal of Vice Chairman
Whitney Museum Responds to Staff Concerns Re: Vice Chair
An unsurprising, but still disappointing response from Adam Weinberg, Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Jasmine Weber just published a follow-up article on Hyperallergic that publishes in full the letter Weinberg sent to the Whitney staff in response to the letter of concern signed by more than 100 employees regarding Vice Chairman Warren B. Kanders who is the owner of Safariland, a company that provided the tear gas used on migrants at the Mexican/US border (as well as at Ferguson and the Dakota Access Pipeline protests). … Whitney Museum Responds to Staff Concerns Re: Vice Chair